Kathryn Burmeister
@thecatlawyer.bsky.social
Coach. Lawyer. Speaker. Author.
Advocate. Activist. Disruptor.
Advocate. Activist. Disruptor.
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“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground...The struggle may…be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” Frederick Douglass 1857
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” Frederick Douglass 1857
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
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It’s odd that the religious right is so upset about a halftime show that celebrated marriage, love, community, small business, hard work, and family. 🤔
February 9, 2026 at 4:50 AM
It’s odd that the religious right is so upset about a halftime show that celebrated marriage, love, community, small business, hard work, and family. 🤔
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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Leaders of the so-called “pro-life, small government” party who relentlessly warn of tyranny are standing by as masked agents roam the country and brutalize its people. The hypocrisy isn’t surprising — but it’s staggering. Remember this.
February 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Leaders of the so-called “pro-life, small government” party who relentlessly warn of tyranny are standing by as masked agents roam the country and brutalize its people. The hypocrisy isn’t surprising — but it’s staggering. Remember this.
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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There are a growing number of reports of agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers & anti-ICE activists, heightening fears in the state.
That's deceptive & unconstitutional, because they use trickery to get around warrant & consent protections.
That's deceptive & unconstitutional, because they use trickery to get around warrant & consent protections.
ICE Uses Disguises and Fake Plates for Immigration Enforcement in Minnesota
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not respond to inquiries about whether the men were federal immigration officers. As the sweeping imm...
ground.news
February 9, 2026 at 1:18 AM
There are a growing number of reports of agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers & anti-ICE activists, heightening fears in the state.
That's deceptive & unconstitutional, because they use trickery to get around warrant & consent protections.
That's deceptive & unconstitutional, because they use trickery to get around warrant & consent protections.
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Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, a judge ordered in a ruling released Friday.
Judge strikes down old Arizona abortion restrictions that clash with voter-backed guarantees
A judge has ruled that Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights.
apnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, a judge ordered in a ruling released Friday.
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American views on Palestine are a striking social experiment in the difference between people caring about morality (e.g. "not violently oppressing an entire population on the basis of religion / ethnicity") and people caring about what they have been told is moral (e.g. "not criticizing Israel")
February 8, 2026 at 12:10 AM
American views on Palestine are a striking social experiment in the difference between people caring about morality (e.g. "not violently oppressing an entire population on the basis of religion / ethnicity") and people caring about what they have been told is moral (e.g. "not criticizing Israel")
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It’s a feature, not a flaw.
February 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
It’s a feature, not a flaw.
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ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, exploiting children, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.
February 7, 2026 at 11:34 PM
ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, exploiting children, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.
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It only took them 12 months to build massive concentration camps all over the USA. You’d think there would be more uproar, but no. No one cares unless it’s in their backyard.
February 8, 2026 at 9:42 AM
It only took them 12 months to build massive concentration camps all over the USA. You’d think there would be more uproar, but no. No one cares unless it’s in their backyard.
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ICE was flawed from day one... born out of post-9/11 fear and built on policies that blurred national security with domestic control. Some systems don’t need reform. They need to be abolished.
#AbolishICE #ICEtapo #FDT
#AbolishICE #ICEtapo #FDT
February 7, 2026 at 5:14 AM
ICE was flawed from day one... born out of post-9/11 fear and built on policies that blurred national security with domestic control. Some systems don’t need reform. They need to be abolished.
#AbolishICE #ICEtapo #FDT
#AbolishICE #ICEtapo #FDT
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When the U.S. Supreme Court said that you could detain people based on their race, their accent, or the language they spoke… there is nothing to preclude ICE from doing that while you’re standing in line getting ready to cast a ballot.
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
When the U.S. Supreme Court said that you could detain people based on their race, their accent, or the language they spoke… there is nothing to preclude ICE from doing that while you’re standing in line getting ready to cast a ballot.
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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Democrats have revealed themselves to be feckless against the rise of MAGA hyper-authoritarian excesses. A party unwilling to call out Israel’s perpetual criminality will prove useless against state sanctioned murder at home.
February 6, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Democrats have revealed themselves to be feckless against the rise of MAGA hyper-authoritarian excesses. A party unwilling to call out Israel’s perpetual criminality will prove useless against state sanctioned murder at home.
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Why isn't news of Trump building vast concentration camps being treated as a national emergency?
February 7, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Why isn't news of Trump building vast concentration camps being treated as a national emergency?
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if the cops are against their citizens getting murdered and abducted, they should stop the guys doing it
February 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
if the cops are against their citizens getting murdered and abducted, they should stop the guys doing it
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I think there's nothing in the world I enjoy less than the sort of person who does nothing except say "don't worry it'll be okay" as everyone around them kills themselves to make sure it will be okay and when somehow they pull out of disaster and somehow is okay after all the person says "see?"
February 7, 2026 at 8:22 AM
I think there's nothing in the world I enjoy less than the sort of person who does nothing except say "don't worry it'll be okay" as everyone around them kills themselves to make sure it will be okay and when somehow they pull out of disaster and somehow is okay after all the person says "see?"
Religious leaders doing amazing job holding representative’s feet to the fire.
“Renee Goodman [sic], Alex Pretti – there are no words,” DeLauro said.
“You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’”
www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
“You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’”
www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Religious leaders doing amazing job holding representative’s feet to the fire.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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side effects of reading the Epstein Files may include increased thoughts of vigilante justice
February 6, 2026 at 5:07 AM
side effects of reading the Epstein Files may include increased thoughts of vigilante justice
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Powerful white men once equated Black people with monkeys to justify their abduction, deportation, enslavement, lynching and segregation.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
February 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Powerful white men once equated Black people with monkeys to justify their abduction, deportation, enslavement, lynching and segregation.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
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My law firm intervened in every case DOJ has filed to gain access to states' sensitive voting data. So far we have won several and lost none. But this is going to be a long fight for free and fair elections.
February 6, 2026 at 11:37 PM
My law firm intervened in every case DOJ has filed to gain access to states' sensitive voting data. So far we have won several and lost none. But this is going to be a long fight for free and fair elections.
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Breaking MS NOW:
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
Judge denies DHS bid to rush removal of Liam Ramos and his family
Kristen Stenvik, superintendent of the district where Liam goes to school, said the ruling provides both “additional time” and “continued uncertainty.”
www.ms.now
February 7, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Breaking MS NOW:
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...